Court allows Baling MP's bid to stay hearing of corruption case

The High Court today allowed an application by former Tabung Haji chairperson Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, who is facing three charges for corruption and 10 charges for money laundering, to stay the hearing of the case pending the outcome of his appeal at the Court of Appeal to strike out all the charges.

Judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin made the decision after finding that there were special circumstances that justified the court to use its discretion to stay the hearing at the Sessions Court...